Ligumia subrostrata

Ligumia subrostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Ligumia
Species: L. subrostrata
Binomial name
Ligumia subrostrata
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Ligumia subrostrata (pondmussel) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

Sources

Haag, W. R. (2012). North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521199384


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